CVE-2003-1260

Exp

Buffer overflow in CuteFTP 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a LIST command.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1260 is rated High Exploit Risk (84/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.02%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +9.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1260

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22184 exploit_db edb 2003-03-26 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1260

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-05 13.91% 23.02% +9.11%
2 2025-07-24 10.09% 13.91% +3.81%
3 2025-04-21 — 10.09% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1260

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1260

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1260

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
globalscape cuteftp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:cuteftp:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1260

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